Defense & Security

While New York City remains under lockdown orders from Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) due to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, major violent crime continues to soar. Cuomo implemented stay-at-home orders on March 20 that effectively force the closure of most businesses, except those deemed “essential,” to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Even with the lockdown, […]

A US federal judge has blocked a California law that required background checks for people buying ammunition, saying it violated the constitutional right to bear arms. US District Judge Roger Benitez in San Diego issued a preliminary injunction on Thursday halting the law, ruling in favor of lobby group California Rifle & Pistol Association, which […]

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he had ordered the destruction of Iranian gunboats harassing American ships. “I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea,” Trump wrote on Twitter. The president reacted to ongoing reports of Iranian gunboats […]

America’s criminal justice system is bound by the durable implementation of institutions and norms known as the rule of law. As such, one of the expected hallmarks of the theory of retributive justice is that the response to a criminal act is proportional to the offense. Jaywalking is clearly viewed as less heinous than murder. […]

President Donald Trump has exempted the Fortune 500’s international labor supply from his order for a temporary immigration shutdown. “This order will only apply to individuals seeking a permanent residency,” Trump said in an April 21 press conference at the White House. He said: It would be wrong and unjust for Americans laid off by […]

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A Russian fighter plane on Sunday cut within 25 feet of a U.S. military aircraft, marking the second time in less than a week that unsafe maneuvers by Russian pilots put Navy pilots at risk, the military said. The incident over the eastern Mediterranean Sea involved a Russian SU-35 fighter conducting two high-speed intercepts of […]

The U.S. Air Force has chosen Raytheon Co. as the sole-source manufacturer to proceed with the service’s new nuclear cruise missile, which is intended to be launched from aircraft such as the B-52 Stratofortress. The service on Friday selected Raytheon’s design for the Long Range Stand Off weapon, known as LRSO — which is currently […]

As investigations continue into how the coronavirus spread so quickly and throughout Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, the number of veterans who have died from the coronavirus has now grown to at least 50. The state Executive Office of Health and Human Services announced Sunday that two more residents at the state-run home had died in the […]

Ever since a “senior official in the Trump administration” penned an anonymous 2018 New York Times column attacking President Trump as unfit for office, Washington has been engrossed in a high-stakes whodunit. After an exhaustive investigation, the White House believes it’s cracked the case, identifying Trump’s turncoat as his former deputy national security adviser, Victoria […]

Nearly 3,000 American service members worldwide had tested positive for the coronavirus by Friday, according to new Pentagon data that showed military-affiliated individuals infected by the virus nearing 5,000. The data released Thursday showed more than 22% of the 2,986 service members diagnosed with the fast-spreading virus have recovered from the disease. Forty-four troops are […]

A Florida man has been arrested on suspicion of committing a second-degree murder, just one day after he was released from jail over fears the CCP virus could spread in correctional facilities, authorities said on April 14. Tampa-based Joseph Edwards Williams, 26, was arrested on Monday on charges of second-degree murder in connection with a […]

Judicial Watch first launched a lawsuit in 2014 that was designed to seek records concerning “talking points or updates on the Benghazi attack,” as false statements by Susan Rice regarding the incident were created by the White House at the time. It was this discovery on Benghazi that led to the start of the scandal […]

This story is so far beyond predictable that the light from where predictable exists wouldn’t catch up for a year…. The LA Sheriff released the inmates fearing the Wuhan virus, now he worries he may have put the public at risk….. you just can’t make this up. Save the criminals, destroy the community.

More than 4,500 U.S. military-linked individuals had tested positive for the coronavirus by Monday representing a roughly 26% spike in illnesses reported since Friday, according to new Pentagon data, which included the second death of a U.S. service member. The Defense Department said 4,528 service members, DOD civilian workers, military dependents and defense contractors worldwide […]

A U.S. sailor who was admitted to the intensive care unit at a Navy hospital in Guam after contracting the coronavirus has died, Navy officials said Monday. The sailor, who was admitted into the ICU at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Guam on April 9, is the first active-duty service member to die from COVID-19. […]

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American military forces killed a key al-Shabaab terror group leader in an airstrike in Somalia last week, U.S. Africa Command said Tuesday. The leader, Yusuf Jiis, was one of three enemy fighters killed in a joint, April 2 strike with the Federal Government of Somalia. The strike took place near Bush Madina, about 135 miles […]

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly (pictured left) submitted his resignation Tuesday morning; and shortly thereafter Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he accepted the resignation, consulted with President Trump, and nominated Under Secretary of the Army James McPherson to be his replacement. Secretary Modly resigned after making poorly-timed remarks to the crew of the […]

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As COVID-19 continues to spread to communities across the country, the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs are providing daily updates on the number of confirmed and presumptive cases of the virus in the military community, as well as the number of tests administered to military members. As of April 3, officials […]

New York City is offering prisoners at Rikers Island jail $6 per hour — a fortune by prison labor standards — and personal protective equipment if they agree to help dig mass graves on Hart Island, according to sources with knowledge of the offer. Avery Cohen, a spokesperson for the office of Mayor Bill de […]

As of April 2, officials said there have now been 1,638 total cases of COVID-19, also known as the novel coronavirus, within the DoD: 893 military, 256 dependents, 306 civilians and 95 Defense Department contractors. In addition, 59 military members, 12 dependents, 11 civilians and one contractor have recovered, and five DoD-connected personnel have died. […]

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